eaglescout526 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Ok I got one for you guys. Has me stumped but I have a couple ideas. So Monday night I drove home, clutch pedal was normal and would go to the floor like it should. Come out Tuesday, hop in, start her up, release e-brake and put her in reverse and the pedal feels weird. Huh ok, I am still going into gear. Turn the lights on and the pedal isnt going to the floor. Ok thats a weird change...I can still drive like normal but what the hell would cause the sudden over night change? For those who dont know or remember, I swapped to the 84-86 external clutch set up. Not rocking the 84-90 internal. Now I did remove the fluid from the master and cleaned it out thinking I had some debris plugging the hole and nothing. My theories are: The slave is over extended Gunk in the slave Orrr worst case is the clutch needs to be replaced but I did that a couple years ago at the same time I did the external slave swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser54 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Look up by the pivot point of the pedal and see if the weld has partially failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 4 hours ago, cruiser54 said: Look up by the pivot point of the pedal and see if the weld has partially failed. Checks out. It’s still good. Now I can hear a tinging sound every time I do push on the clutch pedal. I crawled underneath and had my wife push on the pedal to recreate this sound and it confirms something has gone on with the slave cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 Found my problem. Its the clutch fork pivot. The plastic cone that goes on the end of the slave cylinder rod. The tip broke off and slid down and thus caused the slave cylinder to bascially max out. The tingging sound is the hydraulic cylinder hitting the retainer. For you 86 guys, if this happens, the pivot probably broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser54 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Is it fixed now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 7 minutes ago, cruiser54 said: Is it fixed now? Not yet. I ordered some new ones, I think there’s one still in the bell house from when I lost one of them but I have to remove the inspection plate to see. But in a sense yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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